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Forsters is one of a small number of law firms that can deal with both transactional work and strategic advisory matters in relation to landed estates. The practice brings together a range of disciplines to advise clients on their legal, personal and business affairs.

Our clients include trustees of historic estates with houses open to the public, working farmers, entrepreneurs and lifestyle buyers of farms and estates and pension funds, institutional and international investors in rural property. Our partners often act as trustees as well as legal advisors.

The team, drawn from all departments of the firm, works well together for a client base extending throughout England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. We understand the increasingly commercial requirements of landed clients and work collaboratively with other professional advisors to devise innovative solutions to the problems that are associated with owning rural property.

Many of the lawyers in the team have spent their professional life advising landowners, and they have a wealth of experience in this area. This enables them to give relevant and focused advice which meets each client's unique requirements. Others are technical specialists in areas such as employment, planning and listed building control, construction law, VAT and SDLT. Their expertise, drawn from experience in advising clients in other sectors, is invaluable to our landed estate clients.

Forsters' Landed Estates practice is ranked as top tier in the Agriculture and Estates section of the Legal 500 UK 2017 and is Band 1 in the Agriculture & Rural Affairs section of Chambers UK 2018.